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pete williams is live outside the supreme court. plus the latest on what the white house is saying today. and we're following another developing story. a new jersey dad, father of five, expected to make a big announcement in about five minutes. he is claiming that winning lottery ticket. the largest lottery jackpot in history. plus, bill clinton jumped into the player's race in los angeles. but why? we're going to get the first read with nbc news political editor mark murray. it's all coming up next on "news nation." we're here with laura, talking about the walmart low price guarantee, backed by ad match. there's your price, walmart will match that right at the register. nice! i did not know they did that. wow! that's the walmart low price guarantee backed by ad match! save time and money. bring in ads from your local stores and see for yourself. that's the walmart low price guarantee backed by ad match! looking for a litter with natural ingredients that helps neutralize odors. discover tidy cats pure nature. uniquely formulated wit
pete williams is live outside the supreme court. plus the latest on what the white house is saying today. and we're following another developing story. a new jersey dad, father of five, expected to make a big announcement in about five minutes. he is claiming that winning lottery ticket. the largest lottery jackpot in history. plus, bill clinton jumped into the player's race in los angeles. but why? we're going to get the first read with nbc news political editor mark murray. it's all coming up...
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>> pete williams in our d.c. newsroom tonight. pete, thanks. >>> another terrible day in afghanistan. five u.s. service members were killed when their black hawk went down last night in bad weather. officials say it appears to be an accident, not the result of any incoming enemy fire. as we reported here last night, two u.s. special forces troops were killed in an insider attack. both incidents resulting in the deadliest day for u.s. forces in this year. >>> president obama made a rare daytime appearance at the u.s. capitol today. this time it was lunch with democrats after dinner with republicans last week. today's meeting, part of an effort to see if there's some way both sides can find some common ground on the budget. kelly o'donnell following it all for us all day on capitol hill. kelly, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. so why is this such a big deal? senate democrats say the president has not come to see them on their turf since 2009. and while there's some criticism that the personal diplomacy might be about
>> pete williams in our d.c. newsroom tonight. pete, thanks. >>> another terrible day in afghanistan. five u.s. service members were killed when their black hawk went down last night in bad weather. officials say it appears to be an accident, not the result of any incoming enemy fire. as we reported here last night, two u.s. special forces troops were killed in an insider attack. both incidents resulting in the deadliest day for u.s. forces in this year. >>> president...
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>> pete williams at the court where the excitement starts tomorrow. pete, thanks. >>> in colorado springs today, a public me toirl service for the state's prison director, tom clements, shot to death last week as he answered the door at his home. governor john hickenlooper called clements a voice of wisdom and reason. we learned late today the bullets that killed clements came from a gun found along with former colorado inmate evan ebel who died in a police chase in texas two days after the shooting. >>> this comes after a growing debate this weekend on gun control with new york city mayor michael bloomberg right in the middle of it. he is using his own money -- and he's a billionaire -- to finance an ad campaign for universal background checks for gun purchases. that got under way today. our report tonight from nbc's ron mott. >> reporter: he's got one of the biggest personal bankrolls in america. >> this year there will be 12,000 people killed in this country with handguns -- illegal handguns. >> reporter: tonight michael bloomberg is spending some
>> pete williams at the court where the excitement starts tomorrow. pete, thanks. >>> in colorado springs today, a public me toirl service for the state's prison director, tom clements, shot to death last week as he answered the door at his home. governor john hickenlooper called clements a voice of wisdom and reason. we learned late today the bullets that killed clements came from a gun found along with former colorado inmate evan ebel who died in a police chase in texas two...
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>> pete williams on this still developing story tonight. pete, thanks. >>> now to chicago and the outrage expressed over mayor rahm emanuel's plan to close dozens of that city's public schools. 30,000 kids will be moved to different schools, most of them black on the city's south and west sides. chicago's not the only city where budget problems are forcing big changes in the public schools. our chief education correspondent rehema ellis is in detroit tonight after an all day conference as part of our education nation initiative. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. detroit is like a lot of cities struggling with budget deficits and closing schools like the one behind me. proposed shut-downs in chicago are more and bigger than any city has ever attempted all at one time. outrage intensified as word spread. 54 public schools in chicago are slated to close at the end of this school year. >> my child has been here since he's been going to school. >> it's so sad to think that they are all going to be separated. >> reporter: the city i
>> pete williams on this still developing story tonight. pete, thanks. >>> now to chicago and the outrage expressed over mayor rahm emanuel's plan to close dozens of that city's public schools. 30,000 kids will be moved to different schools, most of them black on the city's south and west sides. chicago's not the only city where budget problems are forcing big changes in the public schools. our chief education correspondent rehema ellis is in detroit tonight after an all day...
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pete williams, thank you very much. we'll see you back here tomorrow as the high court takes up doma. as you said, thousands of demonstrators on both sides of this debate are staked out in the capital. here's a look at them in their own words. >> prop 8 has got to go! >> they chanted every child deserves a mom and dad. mike is a correspondent with the "huffington post." he also produces huff post live. we talk about yesterday the idea that because public opinion had moved so dramatically so quickly on this issue, maybe this would have the effect of giving the supreme court the idea that they are less pressured to rule on this at all because the democratic process is clearly working outside of the court. do you think that it is possible and so they'll sort of take a step back from this, or do you think they want to get out now on public opinion and accurately reflect the sentiment of the country right now? >> reporter: until justice kennedy said maybe we should dismiss this case, it seems the court was looking to get out
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. >> nbc's justice correspondent pete williams live outside the supreme court. before we play another excerpt of the audio, set the stage for our audience, if you will, on thing that resonated from those oral arguments on both sides today. >> i think, tamron, it is quite possible despite all the of the noise outside the court today, about rights and the culture and where we are and where we should go with marriage, that when all this is said and done, the supreme court may produce a ruling that has nothing whatsoever to do with gay marriage. and the reason i say that is because it does seem the most likely outcome for this case is for the supreme court, because there is no clear majority to say that they're prepared to say there is a sweeping right to same-sex marriage nationwide or even in the states that grant civil unions or domestic partnerships like california, nor does there seem to be a very strong sentiment for upholding prop 8. that i think what the court, this is just what's most likely from today's oral argument. that the court will simply say, this c
. >> nbc's justice correspondent pete williams live outside the supreme court. before we play another excerpt of the audio, set the stage for our audience, if you will, on thing that resonated from those oral arguments on both sides today. >> i think, tamron, it is quite possible despite all the of the noise outside the court today, about rights and the culture and where we are and where we should go with marriage, that when all this is said and done, the supreme court may produce a...
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nbc's pete williams in our d.c. newsroom with more on this tonight. pete? >> reporter: brian, some family members of people killed on 911 are saying they don't like the idea in addition to the federal air marshals. the tsa announced yesterday that starting april 25th, airline passengers can carry on knives that have folding blades up to about 2 1/3 inches long. slightly more than the height of a dollar bill. knives with longer or locking blades will still be banned. so will box cutters and razor blades. a representative for the nation's federal air marshals who are responsible for in-flight security describes them as being, quote, very upset and says the decision puts them at greater risk. relatives of some of the 9/11 victims say a pocketknife can be just as dangerous as a box cutter and a group representing flight attendants say they plan to stage demonstrations when the plan kicks in next month, hoping to get it rolled back. but some security consultants call this a welcome change. they say it frees up screeners from having to search for pocket knives an
nbc's pete williams in our d.c. newsroom with more on this tonight. pete? >> reporter: brian, some family members of people killed on 911 are saying they don't like the idea in addition to the federal air marshals. the tsa announced yesterday that starting april 25th, airline passengers can carry on knives that have folding blades up to about 2 1/3 inches long. slightly more than the height of a dollar bill. knives with longer or locking blades will still be banned. so will box cutters...
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nbc's pete williams has more on all of this from washington tonight. pete, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. tsa says this will relieve the screeners from having to search for small knives and other objects that cannot do catastrophic dame to an airplane and to focus instead on the much more serious hazards. starting next month, tsa will partly lift the restriction that's been in place for 11 years, blocking passengers from bringing knives on board. it's an effort, says tsa, to devote more attention to the most serious threats. >> we are trying to focus on the highest risks, that being the non-metallic improvised explosive devices. and we don't want these small knives, pocket knives or the sporting equipment, to be a distraction. >> reporter: the change also brings the u.s. in line with the international security standard, allowing knifes with blades up to 6 centimeters long. under the new rules, passengers can carry on knifes with folding blades that are no longer than about two and a third inches. that's six centimeters and blades no wi
nbc's pete williams has more on all of this from washington tonight. pete, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. tsa says this will relieve the screeners from having to search for small knives and other objects that cannot do catastrophic dame to an airplane and to focus instead on the much more serious hazards. starting next month, tsa will partly lift the restriction that's been in place for 11 years, blocking passengers from bringing knives on board. it's an effort, says tsa,...
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our report from our justice correspondent, pete williams. >> reporter: just look, the court's liberal member said, at where most voter discrimination lawsuits come from, areas in 16 states covered by the law. >> you can say maybe this district shouldn't be covered, maybe this one should be covered. the formula seems to be working pretty well in terms of going after the actual violations on the ground and who is committing them. >> and why would we vote in favor of a county whose record is the epitome of what caused the passage of this law to start with. >> reporter: but the court's conservatives told solicitor general don verrilli that congress didn't look at the most up to date evidence when it last renewed the law in 2006. >> do you know which state has the worst ratio of white voter turnout to african-american voter turnout? >> i do not. >> massachusetts. >> do you know what has the best, where african-american turnout actually exceeds white turnout. mississippi. is it the government's submission that the citizens in the south are more racist than citizens in the north? >> it is no
our report from our justice correspondent, pete williams. >> reporter: just look, the court's liberal member said, at where most voter discrimination lawsuits come from, areas in 16 states covered by the law. >> you can say maybe this district shouldn't be covered, maybe this one should be covered. the formula seems to be working pretty well in terms of going after the actual violations on the ground and who is committing them. >> and why would we vote in favor of a county...
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i wonder if the case was properly granted. >> that was nbc's pete williams. if justices decide the california case is premature, it would leave in place a previous ruling which struck down prop 8. same sex marriages would resume in california but it wouldn't set a nationwide precedent. but today the justices will turn their attention to federal law considering the defensive marriage act currently nine states and the district of columbia grand marriage rights to couples while six others allow for civil unions. the law was signed by president clinton in 1996. the former president since said it should be overturned because it discriminates against gays and lesbians. plaintiffs argue for federal benefits to be extended to same sex couples where benefits are recognized. there are more than 1,000 laws granted benefits to married couples, tax savings to social security benefits but the law excludes those for legally married same-sex couples because they have no federal status. >>> former cia director david petraeus took his first step back into the public spotlight
i wonder if the case was properly granted. >> that was nbc's pete williams. if justices decide the california case is premature, it would leave in place a previous ruling which struck down prop 8. same sex marriages would resume in california but it wouldn't set a nationwide precedent. but today the justices will turn their attention to federal law considering the defensive marriage act currently nine states and the district of columbia grand marriage rights to couples while six others...
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pete williams, nbc news, at the supreme court. >>> tonight, u.s. officials say osama bin laden's son-in-law, an accused plotter in the 9/11 terrorist attacks has been captured in the middle east, is now in u.s. custody here in new york. officials tell nbc news he's been a prisoner in iran for most of the past decade. he is scheduled to appear in federal court tomorrow on charges of conspiracy to kill americans. not everyone is happy about that. the republican chairman of the house intelligence committee says bringing him to stand trial in the u.s. is a mistake, because he's an enemy combatant and should instead be sent to guantanamo. >>> now to north korea. a nation that has nuclear weapons and is tonight threatening to use them against the united states, vowing to attack washington and engulf the nation's capital, quote, in a sea of flames. as you can imagine, this outburst has prompted a strong response from the white house. our chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell, monitoring developments from our d.c. newsroom. andrea, good even
pete williams, nbc news, at the supreme court. >>> tonight, u.s. officials say osama bin laden's son-in-law, an accused plotter in the 9/11 terrorist attacks has been captured in the middle east, is now in u.s. custody here in new york. officials tell nbc news he's been a prisoner in iran for most of the past decade. he is scheduled to appear in federal court tomorrow on charges of conspiracy to kill americans. not everyone is happy about that. the republican chairman of the house...
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. >> nbc news justice correspondent pete williams with more details. >> the scene of the crime is this website apparently based in russia that posts some prominent names and personal financial information. among the targets, michelle obama, vice president biden, the fbi director and attorney general, among celebrities mel gibson, ashton kutcher and jayzee, also the l.a. police chief charlie beck. >> we will vigorously pursue the individuals that an have made me a victim and a number of other people in the public eye victims. >> the website posts what appears to be their social security numbers, addresses and phone numbers and in some cases what looked like their actually credit reports where the other information appears to come from. >> the credit report is the key to everything. if a bad guy has your report, he can commit almost any kind of identity theft. >> some of the data is the kind that can be bought online once a social security number and date of birth are known. among other victims, al gore, sarah palin, hillary clinton and singer beyonce. the data company equifax says at le
. >> nbc news justice correspondent pete williams with more details. >> the scene of the crime is this website apparently based in russia that posts some prominent names and personal financial information. among the targets, michelle obama, vice president biden, the fbi director and attorney general, among celebrities mel gibson, ashton kutcher and jayzee, also the l.a. police chief charlie beck. >> we will vigorously pursue the individuals that an have made me a victim and a...
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so this debate, i agree with pete williams. i think the supreme court was scared to take this on, but the fact of the matter is, it has been taken on, and there will be gay marriage in this country without question, because we cannot look at our fellow citizens and say that they deserve less than we in the heterosexual community. it just doesn't square. >> and something we found in the "meet the press" archives having to do with the civil rights movement in this issue of "patience or not." jackie robinson was a guest on "meet the press" in 1957. and i want to play an audio excerpt of it and you will hear jackie robinson asked about this issue of whether african-americans should be patient when it comes to certain rights issues. take a listen. >> how do you answer those people who insist that the naacp is moving very, very fast to get the rights for the negro but seems to be doing not enough to impress upon the negro his own responsibility as he gets these rights? >> when they say that the naacp is moving too fast, you know, i h
so this debate, i agree with pete williams. i think the supreme court was scared to take this on, but the fact of the matter is, it has been taken on, and there will be gay marriage in this country without question, because we cannot look at our fellow citizens and say that they deserve less than we in the heterosexual community. it just doesn't square. >> and something we found in the "meet the press" archives having to do with the civil rights movement in this issue of...
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nbc news justice correspondent pete williams has the details. >> reporter: gay rights supporters at the court cheered the 83-year-old new york woman at the center of this case, edie windsor. when ms. windsor's spouse died four years ago and left her the estate, she got an inheritance tax bill for $350,000 because doma blocked the irs from considering them married. she says that tax bill was a shock. >> in the midst of my grief, i realized that the federal government was treating us as strangers, and i paid a humongous estate tax. >> reporter: some conservatives claim her lawyer's claim that the country has a different attitude now about same-sex marriage. >> why are you so confident in that judgment? how many states permit gay couples to marry? >> today? nine, your honor. >> nine. and so, there's been this sea change between now and 1996? >> reporter: but the court's liberals sharply questioned doma, saying the federal benefits denied legally married same-sex couples have a profound effect. >> they touch every aspect of life. your partner is sick. social security, i mean, it's pervasive
nbc news justice correspondent pete williams has the details. >> reporter: gay rights supporters at the court cheered the 83-year-old new york woman at the center of this case, edie windsor. when ms. windsor's spouse died four years ago and left her the estate, she got an inheritance tax bill for $350,000 because doma blocked the irs from considering them married. she says that tax bill was a shock. >> in the midst of my grief, i realized that the federal government was treating us...
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joining me, pete williams. this headline from "the washington post," the supreme court may choose caution over boldness, that's what it reads, with an overwhelming number of states outlawing same sex marriage, while public opinion heads the other direction, when you look at this sort of headline and the numbers coming out right now, this is really the week for marriage equality. what's at stake when you look at this at the moment and are we getting early signals from how the justices might go? >> what's at stake here is directly the prop 8 in california, which stops same sex marriage in the state after about six months. the question is will the court go broader than that. here is the range of things it could do. could uphold proposition 8. if it did, advocates would try to go back to the voters, have another election on whether they want to keep it, and based on polling numbers you've seen, perhaps it would come out differently. passed by 52% of vote in 2008. or the court could strike it down. if it does so nar
joining me, pete williams. this headline from "the washington post," the supreme court may choose caution over boldness, that's what it reads, with an overwhelming number of states outlawing same sex marriage, while public opinion heads the other direction, when you look at this sort of headline and the numbers coming out right now, this is really the week for marriage equality. what's at stake when you look at this at the moment and are we getting early signals from how the justices...
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pete williams is inside the courtroom. he joins us now. let's talk about what came up, and how heavily was the 1967 case, loving versus virginia, referenced? >> reporter: let me begin at the beginning. i obviously haven't heard any of what you said before. i just got out of the argument. let me give you what i think the bottom line is. number one, it's quite obvious the u.s. supreme court is not prepared to issue any kind of sweeping ruling about gay rights. no member of the court seemed to be very interested in that. secondly, the supreme court, both liberals and conservatives, seems to be worried about writing a decision that will apply to any state outside california. now, the proponents for the four gay couples that brought this case are really urging the supreme court to say that marriage is such a fundamental right that no state can constitutionally deny same-sex couples the right to marry. there seems to be very little eagerness for any members of the court to embrace that broad of a ruling. so then you go to the fallback, which is
pete williams is inside the courtroom. he joins us now. let's talk about what came up, and how heavily was the 1967 case, loving versus virginia, referenced? >> reporter: let me begin at the beginning. i obviously haven't heard any of what you said before. i just got out of the argument. let me give you what i think the bottom line is. number one, it's quite obvious the u.s. supreme court is not prepared to issue any kind of sweeping ruling about gay rights. no member of the court seemed...
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but pete williams always has the inside scoop. he will get us up to speed as "the cycle" rolls on. try e-mail marketing from constantcontact. it's the fastest, easiest way to create great-looking custom e-mails that bring customers through your door. sign up for your free trial today at constantcontact.com/try. otherworldly things. but there are some things i've never seen before. this ge jet engine can understand 5,000 data samples per second. which is good for business. because planes use less fuel, spend less time on the ground and more time in the air. suddenly, faraway places don't seem so...far away. ♪ >>> the supreme court is hearing two issues on same-sex marriage. justice correspondent pete williams has more on what's at stake. >> reporter: they have been a couple for 13 years living in berkeley, california. they've raised four boys, now ages 18 to 24. what they most want to be is married. >> we love each other. we're a family. we want to experience the same kind of societal acceptance and inclusion. >> reporter: along with a gay couple in look, jeff and paul, they say c
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nbc news justice correspondent, pete williams. sticking around, who is your vafd the vote as a panelist survivor, wall street news columnist peggy noonan and joining us actor rob reiner. mr. reiner, thank you. >> thank you for having me. >> pete, i want to make you do your correspondent job. what happened this week? where's the court? >> well, what i think we're not going to get is some sort of sweeping ruling on same-sex marriage. we're probably not going to get some sort of sweeping ruling on prop 8. on the prop 8 case, the case from california, this is the proposition passed by 52% of voters that stopped same-sex marriage in the state. it seemed like the supreme court is just not ready to rule one way or the other on it. they're going to find some way to send this case back to california stamped incommittee either by saying that the prop 8 proponents did not have the correct legal standing to enter the court in the first lace, or they're just not ready to decide it. people may think that's weird but the security doesn't have to
nbc news justice correspondent, pete williams. sticking around, who is your vafd the vote as a panelist survivor, wall street news columnist peggy noonan and joining us actor rob reiner. mr. reiner, thank you. >> thank you for having me. >> pete, i want to make you do your correspondent job. what happened this week? where's the court? >> well, what i think we're not going to get is some sort of sweeping ruling on same-sex marriage. we're probably not going to get some sort of...
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the landscape is different. >> pete williams for the supreme court. we appreciate it. >> former president clinton's transformation on same-sex marriage is a microcosm of the shift in the nation as a whole. in may of 1992 during his first presidential campaign, he gave a landmark speech on gay rights in west hollywood, california. the first large scale campaign event for gays and lesbians. >> those of you who are here tonight, you represent a community of our nation's gifted people who we have been willing to squander. we can't afford to waste the capacities and the contributions and the hearts and the souls and the minds of the gay and lesbian americans. for every day that we discriminate, that we hate, that we refuse to avail ourselves of the potential of any group of americans, we are all less than we ought to be. >> soon after he became president, clint an's relationship eroded after he signed don't ask don't tell. in the middle of the campaign when the defense of marriage act was passed, president clinton signed it into law. >> president clinton s
the landscape is different. >> pete williams for the supreme court. we appreciate it. >> former president clinton's transformation on same-sex marriage is a microcosm of the shift in the nation as a whole. in may of 1992 during his first presidential campaign, he gave a landmark speech on gay rights in west hollywood, california. the first large scale campaign event for gays and lesbians. >> those of you who are here tonight, you represent a community of our nation's gifted...
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our justice correspondent pete williams. pete, thank you as always. >>> turning to health news tonight, there doesn't seem to ever be enough good news on the cancer front. we have progress to report tonight. a new government report projecting the ranks of cancer survivors will grow by nearly a third over the next ten years to 18 million people. this means people are living longer, of course, after a cancer diagnosis. and an early warning about the risk of getting cancer will help which brings us to the bigger cancer news tonight. it has to do with the diagnosis and treatment of some of the most common and deadly forms of the disease. our report from our chief science correspondent robert bazell. >> reporter: it is a trove of new genetic information about cancer that could soon help millions of patients. julie oberding was diagnosed with a precancerous breast lesion. the question for her and her doctor, does she need extensive treatment now or can she wait? >> those of us who take care of high risk patients are in a dilemma a
our justice correspondent pete williams. pete, thank you as always. >>> turning to health news tonight, there doesn't seem to ever be enough good news on the cancer front. we have progress to report tonight. a new government report projecting the ranks of cancer survivors will grow by nearly a third over the next ten years to 18 million people. this means people are living longer, of course, after a cancer diagnosis. and an early warning about the risk of getting cancer will help which...
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our justice correspondent pete williams was inside for today's arguments. pete, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. it did appear yesterday that the justices were looking for a way to rule narrowly on prop 8. today they seemed bolder. it does appear that at least five of them are prepared to say doma is unconstitutional and strike it down. gay rights supporters at the court cheered the 83-year-old new york woman at the center of the case, edie windsor.
our justice correspondent pete williams was inside for today's arguments. pete, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. it did appear yesterday that the justices were looking for a way to rule narrowly on prop 8. today they seemed bolder. it does appear that at least five of them are prepared to say doma is unconstitutional and strike it down. gay rights supporters at the court cheered the 83-year-old new york woman at the center of the case, edie windsor.
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williams joins me now with who are on what happened. good morning. >> quite a change from his life overseas to suddenly by whisked to the u.s., but that's what prosecutors said happened. this is suleiman abu ghaith, arrested on february 28th, taken to the u.s. the very next day, and they say that in between the time he was arrested and the time he showed up today, he has talking enough to generate what was in essence the statement is about what they were doing when they were in iran in some kind of custody. in any event. he did enter a not guilty plea through the public defender. the judge said there would be another cold appearance in about a month, and of course the charge here is that he was conspiring to kill americans, he was a spokesman for al qaeda. >> pete williams, thank you, sir. >>> happening right now in caracas, the official state funeral for hugeo chavez. about 50 countries in attendance in all. he body will be on permanent display as a museum. >> some of the stories topping the news now, snow is fall from new york to mass
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nbc news' justice correspondent pete williams is with us now. the fbi says they are making progress. what does that mean in this case? >> well, the reports come from the fbi itself and say they have made progress. they have never arrested anyone but now know who did the actual theft. they are not arresting them. they are not charging it with them because the statute of limitations has long since run. they are members of an organized crime organization that operates in the mid-atlantic and new england but say they've never been able to figure out whatever happened. now they know, based on some tips, that some of the art was taken to connecticut and some was taken to philadelphia and offered for sale ten years ago. they don't know where it is now. so what is this all about? it's all about two things, tyler. number one, they think that whoever was involved in the organized crime theft of these works, that it includes 13 masterpieces, three rembrandts, vemeer. they think a second generation has grown up knowing that these things are at home. they ca
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. >> pete williams is standing by. explain how these high-profile figures, including robert mul r mueller ended up having this information compromised. >> did these individuals own computers that were targeted? instead what happened here is that they went to an aggregating website. american creditreport.com. you should be able to see your credit reports for free once a year and the people that have done this have posted the private information of about two dozen people on their website, that's what they did. they managed to get into that website and get the credit reports of individuals and it contains a huge amount of information and they've put some of this up on their website. no one should be surprised about this. it's only happened about a million times before. >> so explain, though, for the rest of us out there that are watching this and thinking, how could this happen to robert mueller potentially, consumers. we use our credit cards all the time and reporting agencies certainly we want to feel that our informati
. >> pete williams is standing by. explain how these high-profile figures, including robert mul r mueller ended up having this information compromised. >> did these individuals own computers that were targeted? instead what happened here is that they went to an aggregating website. american creditreport.com. you should be able to see your credit reports for free once a year and the people that have done this have posted the private information of about two dozen people on their...
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>> pete williams, thank you very much. it's confirmed that was a tornado that touched down in washington state this week on thursday. some people reported seeing a funnel cloud and the national weather service did indeed confirm it was a tornado which is rare for this time of year. rare especially for washington state. >>> finally, even though the whole point of going on a shark dive is to see sharks, it's the thing you just say but you really just kind of want to spend the day on the boat and get tan. am i right? am i right? i thought so. a group of people on the water in south africa got more than an awesome tan. a meet and greet with the great white shark. the guy was supposed to see a passing shark. that's what he signed up and paid for. instead the shark ignored the bait and wedged its head inside the cage. somehow he avoided the shark's bite by ducking his head. that guy's kids will have the best show and tell video of all time for the rest of their lives. he's going to win first grade, second grade, third, grade and
>> pete williams, thank you very much. it's confirmed that was a tornado that touched down in washington state this week on thursday. some people reported seeing a funnel cloud and the national weather service did indeed confirm it was a tornado which is rare for this time of year. rare especially for washington state. >>> finally, even though the whole point of going on a shark dive is to see sharks, it's the thing you just say but you really just kind of want to spend the day...
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here for a impressive view, nbc news justice correspondent, pete williams. pete, good morning. big week. set the stage for us. >> reporter: right. well, both cases basically raise the same constitutional question. can the states or the federal government, under the constitution, discriminate against gays and lesbians but not either recognizing their marriages or permitting them to marry. the advocates of proposition 8 say yes. marriage should be the tradition should be observed, we shouldn't rush into this. and marriage should be limited simply to men and women, because of the fact that they can produce children. now the opponents of that say no, there's no good reason to limit it. if you allow gays and lesbians to get married, it doesn't hurt the marriages of straight couples. it has no effect on it at all. and had, in fact, enhances marriage. slightly different issue in prop -- in the doma case, chris, because there the question is, if a state does decide to grant same-sex marriage, can the federal government refuse to recognize it, and there's a question here about whether t
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. >> nbc justice correspondent pete williams live outside the court. pete we heard from the plaintiff. people involved here. but what is the impression from the court? the justices today? >> i think there are five votes to strike doma down for probably two reasons. several of the justices believe that it is a discrimination. that the congress has no legitimate purpose in refusing to recognize the marriages of same-sex couples while recognizing the marriage of opposite sex couples in those nine states and district of columbia where same-sex marriage is recognized. frankly, the court did not spend a lot of time on this argument, although several liberal justices, and you mentioned some of them, justice kagan, saying that the congress was ablgting with moral disapproval. didn't spend a lot of time on this issue. what seemed to be the big question for the pivotal vote, justice anthony kennedy is a slightly different issue. that's whether congress had the power in the first place to pass this law. given that congress has traditionally deferred to the state'
. >> nbc justice correspondent pete williams live outside the court. pete we heard from the plaintiff. people involved here. but what is the impression from the court? the justices today? >> i think there are five votes to strike doma down for probably two reasons. several of the justices believe that it is a discrimination. that the congress has no legitimate purpose in refusing to recognize the marriages of same-sex couples while recognizing the marriage of opposite sex couples in...
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pete williams, thank you. >> you bet. >>> picking a new pope. slowly but surely cardinals from around the world are convening in rome. we're live there next when the secret papal conclave might begin. >>> and we're keeping a close eye on the weather as it worsens all across the east coast. at a hertz expressrent kiosk, you can rent a car without a reservation... and without a line. now that's a fast car. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. bjorn earns unlimited rewards for his small business. take these bags to room 12 please. [ garth ] bjorn's small business earns double miles on every purchase every day. produce delivery. [ bjorn ] just put it on my spark card. [ garth ] why settle for less? ahh, oh! [ garth ] great businesses deserve unlimited rewards. here's your wake up call. [ male announcer ] get the spark business card from capital one and earn unlimited rewards. choose double miles or 2% cash back on every purchase every day. what's in your wallet? [ crows ] now where's the snooze button? [ crows ] ♪ ♪ n
pete williams, thank you. >> you bet. >>> picking a new pope. slowly but surely cardinals from around the world are convening in rome. we're live there next when the secret papal conclave might begin. >>> and we're keeping a close eye on the weather as it worsens all across the east coast. at a hertz expressrent kiosk, you can rent a car without a reservation... and without a line. now that's a fast car. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz....
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he's a bit of a blank slate. >> pete williams, thank you so much. take care. >> you bet. >>> it's not just advocates for and against same-sex marriage who have a huge amount at stake, the supreme court remains one of the nation's most popular institutions. according to a new survey, views of the court are close to an all-time low. 52% view the court favorably. 31% view it unfavorably. largely unchanged since last july. shortly after the ruling to uphold most of the affordable care act. if you dig inside the numbers, partisans on both sides are split on the court's political leanings while 45% of conservative republicans believe the roberts court is liberal, 48% of liberal democrats think the court is conservative. nbc's deputy political editor is here today with the latest for our read. and obviously a huge issue that is fascinating in the context of what we've known in terms of the real shift in terms of the country being in favor of same-sex marriage. sort of to give cover to a lot of politicians who are changing up on this. >> well, you know, it
he's a bit of a blank slate. >> pete williams, thank you so much. take care. >> you bet. >>> it's not just advocates for and against same-sex marriage who have a huge amount at stake, the supreme court remains one of the nation's most popular institutions. according to a new survey, views of the court are close to an all-time low. 52% view the court favorably. 31% view it unfavorably. largely unchanged since last july. shortly after the ruling to uphold most of the...
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here's nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: gay rights supporters as the court cheered the 83-year-old new york woman at the center of this case. edie windsor, when miss windsor's spouse thea spyer died four years ago, she left the estate she got an inheritance tax bill for $363,000 because doma blocked the irs from considering them married. she says that tax bill was a shock. >> in the midst of my grief i realized the federal government was treating us as strangers and i paid a humongous estate tax. >> reporter: her lawyers claim her country has a different attitude about gay marriage. >> why are you so confident in that judgment? how many states permit gay couples to marry? >> today. nine, your honor. >> nine, and so, there's been this sea change between now and 1996? >> reporter: but the court's liberals sharply questioned doma saying the federal benefits denied legally married same-sex couples have a profound effect. >> they touch every aspect of your life. your partner is sick. and social security -- i mean, it's pervasive. the full marriage and then this s
here's nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: gay rights supporters as the court cheered the 83-year-old new york woman at the center of this case. edie windsor, when miss windsor's spouse thea spyer died four years ago, she left the estate she got an inheritance tax bill for $363,000 because doma blocked the irs from considering them married. she says that tax bill was a shock. >> in the midst of my grief i realized the federal government was treating us as...
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it's where we begin tonight with our justice correspondent pete williams. he was there for today's argument, pete, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. it's risky to predict what the court will do based on the oral arguments. there seemed to be no interest in issuing a swift decision on same-sex marriage one way or the other. >> marriage is a civil right. >> one man, one woman. >> reporter: strong passions on both sides were on full display today. with court police trying to keep the two sides apart. two gay couples in california -- two women in berkeley and two men in los angeles are challenging proposition 8 which stops same-sex marriage in the state. >> we're no different than anyone else. we deserve the same rights, marriage benefits us, it doesn't
it's where we begin tonight with our justice correspondent pete williams. he was there for today's argument, pete, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. it's risky to predict what the court will do based on the oral arguments. there seemed to be no interest in issuing a swift decision on same-sex marriage one way or the other. >> marriage is a civil right. >> one man, one woman. >> reporter: strong passions on both sides were on full display today. with court...
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justice department correspondent pete williams for us in d.c. good to see you. for the insight. >> yes, sir. >>> coming up, the postscript. looking back at the week in politics, a week that the first read team calls, quote, absurd. >>> also, dennis rodman wrapping up the trip to north korea. he's now talking about the rare experience. >> it's proud. his country likes him. not like him. love him. love him. yes, yes. they love him. the guy's awesome. >> bizarre. but it is just one of the things that we thought you should know. that's coming up. hey. they're coming. yeah. british. later. sorry. ok...four words... scarecrow in the wind... a baboon... monkey? hot stew saturday!? ronny: hey jimmy, how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico? jimmy: happier than paul revere with a cell phone. ronny: why not? anncr: get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. i'm maria, and i have diabetic nerve pain. i felt like my feet were going to sleep. it was like pins and needles sticking in your toes and in your feet. it
justice department correspondent pete williams for us in d.c. good to see you. for the insight. >> yes, sir. >>> coming up, the postscript. looking back at the week in politics, a week that the first read team calls, quote, absurd. >>> also, dennis rodman wrapping up the trip to north korea. he's now talking about the rare experience. >> it's proud. his country likes him. not like him. love him. love him. yes, yes. they love him. the guy's awesome. >>...
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pete williams will be there tomorrow's case as well. pete, thanks. >>> as we mentioned here tonight, public opinion toward same sex marriage has been changing so fast. almost moving 1 percentage point a year lately in a lot of polls. most americans now say they have a gay friend or family member. some of the change is generational and then there's our media culture. that side of the story tonight from nbc's kristen dahlgren in los angeles. >> reporter: when ellen degeneres came out in 1997. >> gay woman in aisle 5. >> reporter: it was front page news. "will & grace" soon brought gay men into living rooms week after week. >> you still want to marry me? >> over and over and over. >> reporter: fast forward to a few years to what is considered a modern family, and one of the most popular shows on tv. >> our game nights on saturday, they're epic. >> reporter: over the years, television has changed the conversation about american sexuality. and what happens in hollywood doesn't stay there. as shows created an era of acceptance, more and more
pete williams will be there tomorrow's case as well. pete, thanks. >>> as we mentioned here tonight, public opinion toward same sex marriage has been changing so fast. almost moving 1 percentage point a year lately in a lot of polls. most americans now say they have a gay friend or family member. some of the change is generational and then there's our media culture. that side of the story tonight from nbc's kristen dahlgren in los angeles. >> reporter: when ellen degeneres came...
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nbc's justice correspondent, pete williams joins me now. hi, pete. >> hey, chris. >> let's talk about, i think for a lot of people they've just started to focus on this, let's set the stakes here. there's a wide range of potential rulings. take us through a little bit of that. >> the fundamental questions in both cases this is clearly discrimination, to say we're not going to recognize the marriages of same-sex couples or we're not going to let the states do them. is it constitutional? now the advocates of prop 8 for example in california, this is the voter initiative passed with 52% of the vote in 2008. the same state that gave barack obama a majority passed this. they say yes it is constitutional. we need to make a distinction between marriage between traditional couples, because those produce children and it's important to make the distinction for that reason only. the opponents of prop 8 who have prevailed in both the lower courts say, allowing same-sex couples to get married doesn't do anything to traditional couples, it doesn't weaken
nbc's justice correspondent, pete williams joins me now. hi, pete. >> hey, chris. >> let's talk about, i think for a lot of people they've just started to focus on this, let's set the stakes here. there's a wide range of potential rulings. take us through a little bit of that. >> the fundamental questions in both cases this is clearly discrimination, to say we're not going to recognize the marriages of same-sex couples or we're not going to let the states do them. is it...
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pete williams joins us live from washington for the very latest. pete, how did this ruling come about a? >> there's a longstanding law called the first sale doctrine. it says once buy something that's copy righted, a book, a cd, you can sell it. the copy right holder has no interest in your sale. this was about whether it applied to things made overseas. this affected a student who came to the u.s. he was buying textbooks here and he asked his parents to buy him the english versions made in thailand because they were a lot cheaper. they were made to be sold only in thailand. pretty soon he had a booming business making over $100,000 selling these ill ported textbooks on ebay. he got sued and he took it autumn way to the supreme court. today supreme court said that first sale applies to things made overseas as well. what that means is that you can now, or you can still sell anything that you buy that has copy righted material in it on ebay. even if it is made overseas. that would include books that are published overseas, but perhaps computers that
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. >> nbc's pete williams is back with us today. pete, with you are inside the court today. what is your take away? >> mine is that there are probably five votes to strike down the defensive marriage act. maybe not with a sweeping ruling, though. pro gay rights. i think there are at least four votes among the liberal justices that you are listening to who would believe that the doma is uncan constitutional because it is unconstitutional discrimination. singling out same-sex couples for no good reason. i think the vote from anthony kennedy, you heard from him there, he seems to be more worried about a different question. you will hear about the federalism question. does congress have the power to say what marriage is when throughout history of the country, congress has always deferred to what the states say marriage is. so that is, i think, for him the big reason, and that's why i say, i think he is not -- he didn't seem like he was prepared to give some sort of full-throated opinion here about gay rights. more narrowly confineed. but a victory, nonetheless, for advocates of
. >> nbc's pete williams is back with us today. pete, with you are inside the court today. what is your take away? >> mine is that there are probably five votes to strike down the defensive marriage act. maybe not with a sweeping ruling, though. pro gay rights. i think there are at least four votes among the liberal justices that you are listening to who would believe that the doma is uncan constitutional because it is unconstitutional discrimination. singling out same-sex couples...
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nbc's justice correspondent pete williams reports. >> reporter: two gay couples in california are asking the court to strike down proposition 8, enacted by state voters in 2008 to prevent people like them from getting married. >> we're not out to redefine marriage or topple the institution. we're out to be a part of it. >> reporter: their lawyer says there is no valid reason to forbid their marriage because it would have no effect on straight couples. >> proponents of proposition 8 still haven't been able to come up with an argument as for why all the good things about marriage, we need to keep people out who want to get married. >> reporter: nine states now allow same-sex marriage, along with washington, d.c. 38 others ban it either by law or constitution amendment. defenders of prop 8 say it's intended to protect the traditional notion of families. >> the institution of marriage and marriage laws are designed to attach mothers and fathers to each other and to the children that they may create and raise this the best environment. >> reporter: the other case presents a challenge to doma,
nbc's justice correspondent pete williams reports. >> reporter: two gay couples in california are asking the court to strike down proposition 8, enacted by state voters in 2008 to prevent people like them from getting married. >> we're not out to redefine marriage or topple the institution. we're out to be a part of it. >> reporter: their lawyer says there is no valid reason to forbid their marriage because it would have no effect on straight couples. >> proponents of...
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our report from nbc's pete williams. >> reporter: it remains one of america's major unsolved mysteries. who broke into boston's gardner art museum march 19, 1990 and slashed 19 pieces of art out of their frames, the world's biggest art heist and property theft ever. three rembrandts and work by monet taken by two men disguised as policemen, who bluffed their way in and handcuffed the two guards on duty. just last year digging up the yard of a reputed mobster, this surprising announcement. the fbi knows who did it and just want the paintings back. >> we believe those responsible for the theft were members of a criminal organization with a base in the mid-atlantic states and new england. >> reporter: the fbi says there is a trail leading to connecticut and pennsylvania. >> we determined that approximately a decade ago, some of the art was brought to philadelphia where it was offered for sale. however, we do not know where the art is currently located. >> reporter: the fbi will not name names of who did it, and the statute of limitations long ago lapsed for prosecuting them for theft. the
our report from nbc's pete williams. >> reporter: it remains one of america's major unsolved mysteries. who broke into boston's gardner art museum march 19, 1990 and slashed 19 pieces of art out of their frames, the world's biggest art heist and property theft ever. three rembrandts and work by monet taken by two men disguised as policemen, who bluffed their way in and handcuffed the two guards on duty. just last year digging up the yard of a reputed mobster, this surprising announcement....
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that was nbc's pete williams reporting for us. >>> white house officials now say the united states is training syrian secular sources in neighboring jordan and has been for months. it's seen as a nonlethal way to forces battling the regime of al assad. the trainees are reportedly not being provided with weapons from any of the countries involved in the training which also include france and the uk. on monday a top rebel leader was wounded in an attack after a bomb went off in his car. >>> cold war-style espionage. bail has been denied for a u.s. defense contractor accused of leaking military secrets to his girlfriend who is a chinese national. prosecutors say 59-year-old benjamin bishop poses a danger to national security, and they want him behind bars until trial. he's said to have handed over classified information on u.s. warplanes, nuclear weapons and missile defenses that breach apparently occurred through e-mail and telephone calls from bishop's home phone to his 27-year-old mistress. she was studying in the united states. he was fired from his position upon his arrest earlier t
that was nbc's pete williams reporting for us. >>> white house officials now say the united states is training syrian secular sources in neighboring jordan and has been for months. it's seen as a nonlethal way to forces battling the regime of al assad. the trainees are reportedly not being provided with weapons from any of the countries involved in the training which also include france and the uk. on monday a top rebel leader was wounded in an attack after a bomb went off in his car....
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nbc's justice correspondent pete williams is at the court for us tonight. pete, good evening. >> reporter: lester, good evening. this is the first time the supreme court has delved into the issue of same-sex marriage and is considering challenges to two laws -- the defense of marriage act that blocks the federal government from recognizing it, and prop 8, a voter initiative that stops same-sex marriage in california. two gay couples in california are asking the court to strike down proposition 8 enacted by state voters in 2008 to prevent people like them from getting married. >> we're not out to redefine marriage or topple the institution. we are out to be a part of it. >> reporter: their lawyer says there's no valid reason to forbid their marriage because it would have no effect on straight couples. >> proponents of proposition 8 still haven't been able to come one with an argument as to why for all the good things about marriage we need to keep people out who want to get married. >> reporter: nine states now allow same-sex marriage along with washington,
nbc's justice correspondent pete williams is at the court for us tonight. pete, good evening. >> reporter: lester, good evening. this is the first time the supreme court has delved into the issue of same-sex marriage and is considering challenges to two laws -- the defense of marriage act that blocks the federal government from recognizing it, and prop 8, a voter initiative that stops same-sex marriage in california. two gay couples in california are asking the court to strike down...
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. >> reporter: that was nbc's pete williams. now, if justices decide the california case was premature, it would leave in place a previous ruling which struck down prop 8. same-sex marriages would then resume in california, but it would not set a nationwide precedent. but today the justices will turn their attention to federal law, considering the defense of marriage act. currently nine straights and the district of columbia grant rights to same-sex couples while several others allow civil unions. the law was signed by president clinton in 1996. the former president has since said it should be overturned because it discriminates against gays and lesbians. plaintiffs will argue for federal benefits to be extended to same-sex couples in states where their marriages are recognized. there are more than 1,000 laws granting benefits to married couples. everything from tax savings to social security benefits. but the law excludes those for legally married same-sex couples because they have no federal status. >>> former cia director dav
. >> reporter: that was nbc's pete williams. now, if justices decide the california case was premature, it would leave in place a previous ruling which struck down prop 8. same-sex marriages would then resume in california, but it would not set a nationwide precedent. but today the justices will turn their attention to federal law, considering the defense of marriage act. currently nine straights and the district of columbia grant rights to same-sex couples while several others allow...
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nbc news justice correspondent pete williams is in washington, d.c. he is following this story closely for us. what can you tell us? >> this is a three judge panel of the d.c. court of appeals. it says the cia can't simply refuse to say that it can't confirm or deny that it has any kind of records. the court said that position has been completely undercut by public statements about the drone program made by the president, made by leon panetta when he was director of the cia, and john brennan when he was the white house counter terrorism adviser. the court says that given these acknowledgement that's the u.s. has participated, it doesn't make any sense for the cia to say that it would reveal anything that is not already in the public domain, to at least say it has an intelligence interest. then here's a statement from what the court said today. it that those statements make it implausible that the cia does not possess a single document on the subject of drone strikes. now, this ruling does not hand the cia the key to the documents because the court has
nbc news justice correspondent pete williams is in washington, d.c. he is following this story closely for us. what can you tell us? >> this is a three judge panel of the d.c. court of appeals. it says the cia can't simply refuse to say that it can't confirm or deny that it has any kind of records. the court said that position has been completely undercut by public statements about the drone program made by the president, made by leon panetta when he was director of the cia, and john...
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nbc's chief legal analyst, pete williams, joins us from our washington, d.c., newsroom with some insight. >> reporter: this will be the first time the u.s. supreme court has ever taken a serious look at the issue of marriage for gay couples. on tuesday the justices take up proposition 8, the voter initiative passed in 2008 that blocked same-sex marriage in california. two lower courts have found it unconstitutional. as for what might happen if the court strikes it down, it could issue a decision that would apply only to california, allowing marriage to resume. or it could do what it's being urged to do by the two couples in this case, one from berkeley, the other from l.a., and say that no state can block same-sex marriage, or the court could uphold prop 8. wednesday's case is a challenge to doma, the defense of marriage act. it blocks the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages in the states where they are legal. after first defending the law, the obama administration switched sides and now says it's unconstitutional. both these cases come to the court in a political clim
nbc's chief legal analyst, pete williams, joins us from our washington, d.c., newsroom with some insight. >> reporter: this will be the first time the u.s. supreme court has ever taken a serious look at the issue of marriage for gay couples. on tuesday the justices take up proposition 8, the voter initiative passed in 2008 that blocked same-sex marriage in california. two lower courts have found it unconstitutional. as for what might happen if the court strikes it down, it could issue a...
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it is about copyright which sounds boring but nbc's pete williams is outside with the latest. if you've ever sold anything on ebay or had a garage sale you might want to listen up. >> reporter: or a flea market or church raffle or used book store or garage sale. anything like that. this case involves a doctrine that is used thousands of times in america, millions every day. what it says, if you go to the book store and you buy a book or a cd or a video, you're free to then sell it. it's called the first sale doctrine. what that means is once you buy it then the copyright owner's interest in that work extinguishes once you buy it. the question in this case is, does that apply to things that are made overseas? now, that would apply, of course, to any book printed overseas but also that used car that you want to sell that's made overseas, made in japan, that's got copyrighted things in it. watches, computers, anything that has copyrighted material. today the supreme court by a vote of 6-3 said, yes. that same rule applies to things that are made overseas. now, this case involved
it is about copyright which sounds boring but nbc's pete williams is outside with the latest. if you've ever sold anything on ebay or had a garage sale you might want to listen up. >> reporter: or a flea market or church raffle or used book store or garage sale. anything like that. this case involves a doctrine that is used thousands of times in america, millions every day. what it says, if you go to the book store and you buy a book or a cd or a video, you're free to then sell it. it's...
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covering this week, joan biskupic, pete williams, dan balz and john harwood. >> award-winning reporting and analysis. covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week." with gwen ifill. corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> we went out and asked people a simple question. how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them
covering this week, joan biskupic, pete williams, dan balz and john harwood. >> award-winning reporting and analysis. covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week." with gwen ifill. corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> we went out and asked people a simple question. how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them
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and also pete williams who was inside the courtroom yesterday. keep it right here on "morning joe." ♪ all i need is a miracle all i need is you ♪ morning, brian! love your passat! um. listen, gary. i bought the last one. nice try. says right here you can get one for $199 a month. you can't believe the lame-stream media, gary. they're all gone. maybe i'll get one. [ male announcer ] now everyone's going to want one. you can't have the same car as me, gary! i'm gettin' one. nope! [...
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nbc's justice correspondent pete williams was there. he joins us now. what was your takeaway? >> reporter: i think it's a very different day. again with the caveat, it's always risky to predict, it does seem that there are at least five votes on the supreme court to strike down the defense of marriage act. they were saying it diminishing the -- in the states justice against burg said couples in those states could well ask in a crisis if they don't get benefits. what kind of marriage is this? she said the rules are so pervasive that without the benefits you end up with what she called a skim milk marriage, so they're saying this has a real effect. one is whether the federal government has a right to say what marriage is, that that's traditional something that the states have defined, and secondly he seems to also be bothered that even if the government does have the power to do it, it can't do it here, because it's unconstitutional discrimination. he says it's not narrowly focused, that it doesn't deal just with questions traditionally associated with marriage like, whether you
nbc's justice correspondent pete williams was there. he joins us now. what was your takeaway? >> reporter: i think it's a very different day. again with the caveat, it's always risky to predict, it does seem that there are at least five votes on the supreme court to strike down the defense of marriage act. they were saying it diminishing the -- in the states justice against burg said couples in those states could well ask in a crisis if they don't get benefits. what kind of marriage is...
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nbc's justice correspondent pete williams is at the supreme court. going through the reports, it seems there's sort of an attack line against doma from a states' right perspective and gay rights perspective from the justices. >> reporter: this is a very different day from yesterday, where the justices seemed to not be willing to engage in the issue, liking for ways to diminish the size of the propyl case. very different here. the justices do seem to be willing to get to the heart of the matter here on the question of whether doma is constitutional on two bases, one is whether the federal government has the right to do this, given the fact that congress and the federal golf hats traditionally deferred to the states on the issue of who is married and who is not. secondly whether it's unconstitutional discrimination. all of the court's liberals spoke out strongly against the law. ruth ginsburg said federal benefits are so pervasive in a married couple's life, without this recognition, you have quoted from the house report when doma was passed, quoted fr
nbc's justice correspondent pete williams is at the supreme court. going through the reports, it seems there's sort of an attack line against doma from a states' right perspective and gay rights perspective from the justices. >> reporter: this is a very different day from yesterday, where the justices seemed to not be willing to engage in the issue, liking for ways to diminish the size of the propyl case. very different here. the justices do seem to be willing to get to the heart of the...
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. >> nbc's justice correspondent pete williams is taking a break and joininginous studio to break down what we witnessed over the last two days. what's the sense. we learn a decision to early this summer, but what will we be left with? >> at least five justices seem willing to strike down demma for different reasons. it seems like the four most liberal justices say it violates equal protection and there is discrimination and no sound basis for treating same-sex couples differently from traditional couples in the state where is they decided to let same-sex couples get married. justice kennedy is more bothered by the federal. is this really something for congress to decide since congress deferred to the states to define marriage. you put 4 plus 1 together, five votes to strike down the defense of marriage act. >> some suggested that gay rights advocates can be a victim of their own political success and this should be among the states and voters as opposed to by the court. >> that are gets to a question that the court has to deal with. it's actually a legal question. should gay people be
. >> nbc's justice correspondent pete williams is taking a break and joininginous studio to break down what we witnessed over the last two days. what's the sense. we learn a decision to early this summer, but what will we be left with? >> at least five justices seem willing to strike down demma for different reasons. it seems like the four most liberal justices say it violates equal protection and there is discrimination and no sound basis for treating same-sex couples differently...